6) Suspension or expulsion can be justified for persistent bullying but simply for the use of specific gendered words? No.
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y not say u don't see any justification for considering it so hurtful. That it is an absurd word to use as insult?
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I don't in an abstract, intellectual sense but do have to accept the reality of cultural norms. 'Shld be' vs 'is'
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the cultural norm is what you don't want to perpetuate though
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Yes, but it does exist. I agree that refusing to be upset by it wld be best way forward but in reality ppl still are.
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So need a way forward which acknowledges reality as it is at the same time as trying to make it better.
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'Slut' 'faggot' 'paki' etc - Not shameful to be sexually active, gay or pakistani but the words are slurs.
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Can't just tell ppl they shldn't be upset by them tho not being upset by them would take their power away. Complicated
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